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Before medical malpractice victims can achieve compensation for their damages, they typically have to engage in a number of legal proceedings. In the state of Massachusetts, one of the mandatory steps is to have your medical malpractice lawsuit reviewed by a panel of...
Hospitals are usually viewed as safe places for the sick and injured to recover. In reality, however, these health care facilities sometimes place their patients in even greater harm. Infections, doctor errors and misdiagnoses can all lead to the exacerbation of...
Many of those in Springfield who come to see us at the offices of Donovan and O’Connor following a medical error feel as though their doctors overstepped the boundaries of informed consent in their treatment. In the patient care process, the patient is meant to have...
Every year, patients in Springfield and throughout the rest of the U.S. suffer due to medical mistakes or doctor errors. While some may view these instances as being few and far between, enough occurred in 2012 to result in $3.6 billion in medical malpractice...
If you have suffered as a result of medical negligence, you already know how physically and mentally straining the experience can be. According to the Journal of Patient Safety, medical malpractice is responsible for as many as 400,000 premature deaths every year, and...
No one likes to get sick on vacation. In addition to the physical strain it can create, people in Massachusetts who travel elsewhere may find it difficult to find appropriate medical care. Physicians everywhere should be held to the same standard of care to prevent a...
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reports that 1 in 7 patients on Medicare will encounter a medical error while in a hospital. The truth is that a mistake can happen anytime anyone practices medicine in Massachusetts or across the country. To avoid those...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a report recently stating that across the country, medical mistakes such as a doctor error have begun to decline. However, the Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety and Medical Error Reduction, a Massachusetts...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that on any given day in the United States, roughly 1 in 25 patients in a hospital will contract one of many healthcare-associated infections. In Massachusetts and across the country, people may enter a medical...
When children make mistakes, many parents teach them that the most important thing is to learn something from it so it does not happen again. When it comes to doctor errors in Massachusetts, many experts say the same kind of thinking applies and can even reduce future...